Barrowsgate pokes fun at the rise of the “leisure horse rider” and their lack of horse skills.
The Mill Inn referred to in this Bittie was on the Crynoch Burn that fed into the River Dee at Maryculter, near Drumoak. It closed down in 2014 after flooding.
Note: The anecdote about the “cavalier of ample proportions” was also contained in an article (“Boot and Saddle”) for the Buchan Observer dated 24 November 1936.